Myotis chiloensis

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Chilean Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Pizonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1838-05. Part 2. Pp. 1–16 in Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. Part II. Mammalia. Smith, Elder and Co., London, 97 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299743

Original name as described

Vespertilio Chiloensis

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:24029

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f9a3385d-0df1-47a7-b28c-98e825846f08

Type locality

"amongst the islets on Eastern side of Chiloe, " Los Lagos, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. arescens; includes aelleni and the recently described yoli

Taxonomy notes citation

Novaes, R.L.M., Wilson, D.E., Ruedi, M. and Moratelli, R. 2018. The taxonomic status of Myotis aelleni Baud, 1979 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4446(2):257-264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4446.2.5 · Agnolín, F.L., Derguy, M.R., Godoy, I.N. and Chimento, N.R. 2019. Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies de las colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia, Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural (3)9(2):107-181. a#50570 · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J.P., Gonçalves, P.R., Libardi, G.S., Oliveira, J.A. de, Moratelli, R., Percequillo, A.R., Rodrigues do Prado, J., Ortiz, P.E., Hurtado, N., Schiaffini, M.I., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Chiquito, E. de A., Giménez, A.L. and Torres, J. 2020. On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical 27(1):155-171. doi:10.31687/saremMN.20.27.1.0.20 · Novaes, R.L.M., Pedro, A.R.-S., Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M.M., Aguilera-Acuña, O., Wilson, D.E. and Moratelli, R. 2022. Systematic review of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Chile based on molecular, morphological, and bioacoustic data. Zootaxa 5188(5):430-452. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.5.2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005387

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Vespertilio Chiloensis

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiloensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:24029

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f9a3385d-0df1-47a7-b28c-98e825846f08

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299743

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Gay (1847:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  5. Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Fitzinger (1871:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)
  7. Trouessart (1878:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  8. Lataste (1892:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68451)

Sturnira chiloensis

(von Frantzius, 1869)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058605

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Frantzius (1869:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)

Vespertilio Gayi

(Lataste, 1892)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007304680&seq=165

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Scientifique de Chili

Name usages

  1. Lataste (1892:81, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007304680&seq=165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68451)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis chiloensis

Matschie, 1898

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3, 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241822 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1898:3, 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241822, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  2. Matschie (1898:3, 9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241822, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  3. Lahille (1899:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  4. Trouessart (1904:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Allen (1905:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)
  6. Thomas (1928:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)
  7. Osgood (1943:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:185, 186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Koopman (1993:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  12. Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  13. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  17. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  18. Novaes, Pedro, Saldarriaga-Córdoba, Aguilera-Acuña, Wilson & Moratelli (2022:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59399)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14151/22061103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis gayi

Matschie, 1898

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1898:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  2. Trouessart (1904:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Myotis chiloënsis atacamensis

G. S. Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atacamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7900647

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1943:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Myotis chiloensis chiloensis

Osgood, 1943

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778063

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1943:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)

Myotis aelleni

Baud, 1979

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aelleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1486.76

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41328338

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14139/115121458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myotis yoli

Agnolín, Derguy, Godoy, & Chimento, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

yoli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CFA-MA-5237

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Historia Natural

Name usages

Agnolín, Derguy, Godoy & Chimento (2019:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50570)

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